Bobby Roode Wins TNA Title, Impact Wrestling Rating For Thursday

— As seen on Thursday’s TNA Impact Wrestling broadcast, Bobby Roode became the new TNA Champion after he defeated his longtime partner James Storm by turning heel in the main event. Also on the show, Gail Kim & Madison Rayne defeated Tara & Brooke Tessmacher to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles.

— Thursday’s TNA Impact Wrestling broadcast on Spike TV (11/3/11) drew 1 1.27 cable rating, up over 10% from the 1.14 rating last week. The show featured Bobby Roode turning heel on his partner James Storm to win the TNA World Title.

Total viewership was also up from last week, increasing over 10% from 1.52 million last week to 1.70 million this week. This week’s broadcast was not up against game 7 of the World Series like last week.